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1976 Chicago White Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1975 / 1977

64-97, Finished 6th in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Paul Richards (64-97)
Scored 586 runs, Allowed 745 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 63-98

Ballparks: Comiskey Park I · Attendance: 914,945 (10th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 101, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 101

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1975 / 1977 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Alan Bannister 24 R R 5' 11" 170 Sep 3, 1951 3 73 35 73 61 0 0 0 4 1 14 29 13 4 46 5 4 19 0.0 $
Francisco Barrios 23 R R 5' 11" 155 Jun 10, 1953 2 35 14 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Kevin Bell 20 R R 6' 0" 195 Jul 13, 1955 1st 68 65 68 67 0 0 0 0 67 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.3 $
Buddy Bradford 31 R R 5' 11" 170 Jul 25, 1944 11 55 38 55 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 46 48 3 9 3 0.6 $
Ken Brett 27 L L 6' 0" 190 Sep 18, 1948 9 33 26 8 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 3.9 $
Jack Brohamer 26 L R 5' 10" 165 Feb 26, 1950 5 119 107 119 118 0 0 0 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2.0 $
Clay Carroll 35 R R 6' 1" 178 May 2, 1941 13 29 0 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $110,000
Rich Coggins 25 L L 5' 8" 170 Dec 7, 1950 5 32 24 32 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 24 32 0 4 3 -0.9 $
Bucky Dent 24 R R 5' 9" 170 Nov 25, 1951 4 158 154 158 158 0 0 0 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.7 $52,000
Brian Downing 25 R R 5' 10" 170 Oct 9, 1950 4 104 89 104 93 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 5 0 1.6 $
George Enright 22 R R 5' 11" 175 May 9, 1954 1st 2 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Jim Essian 25 R R 6' 2" 195 Jan 2, 1951 4 78 64 78 78 0 77 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Sam Ewing 27 L L 6' 3" 200 Apr 9, 1949 2 19 10 19 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 8 0 -0.2 $
Terry Forster 24 L L 6' 3" 200 Jan 14, 1952 6 29 16 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Ralph Garr 30 L R 5' 11" 185 Dec 12, 1945 9 136 123 136 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 42 58 151 6 4 7 0.6 $112,000
Rich Gossage HOF 24 R R 6' 3" 180 Jul 5, 1951 5 31 29 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 $ All-Star
Jerry Hairston 24 B R 5' 10" 170 Feb 16, 1952 4 44 31 44 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 39 40 0 5 2 0.0 $
Dave Hamilton 28 L L 6' 0" 180 Dec 13, 1947 5 45 1 0 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $
Jesse Jefferson 27 R R 6' 3" 188 Mar 3, 1949 4 19 9 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2.5 $
Bart Johnson 26 R R 6' 5" 190 Jan 3, 1950 7 32 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Lamar Johnson 25 R R 6' 2" 215 Sep 2, 1950 3 82 55 82 35 0 0 34 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 34 22 1 0.9 $
Cleon Jones 33 R L 6' 0" 185 Aug 4, 1942 13 12 11 12 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 8 3 1 0 -0.3 $
Pat Kelly 31 L L 6' 1" 185 Jul 30, 1944 10 107 78 107 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 12 26 63 25 4 0.1 $
Chris Knapp 22 R R 6' 5" 195 Sep 16, 1953 2 11 6 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Ken Kravec 24 L L 6' 2" 185 Jul 29, 1951 2 9 8 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Jack Kucek 23 R R 6' 2" 200 Jun 8, 1953 3 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Chet Lemon 21 R R 6' 0" 190 Feb 12, 1955 2 132 118 132 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 130 0 131 0 3 4 -0.4 $
Carlos May 28 L R 5' 11" 200 May 17, 1948 9 20 17 20 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 9 10 3 0 -0.4 $
Minnie Minoso 50 R R 5' 10" 175 Nov 29, 1925 16 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 -0.1 $
Larry Monroe 20 R R 6' 4" 200 Jun 20, 1956 1st 8 2 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Wayne Nordhagen 27 R R 6' 2" 205 Jul 4, 1948 1st 22 14 22 15 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 6 3 0 -0.4 $
Nyls Nyman 22 L R 6' 0" 170 Mar 7, 1954 3 8 4 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 7 0 0 1 -0.2 $
Blue Moon Odom 31 R R 6' 0" 178 May 29, 1945 13 8 4 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Jorge Orta 25 L R 5' 10" 170 Nov 26, 1950 5 158 156 158 126 0 0 0 0 49 0 76 0 2 78 31 2 0 1.2 $
Jim Otten 24 R R 6' 2" 195 Jul 1, 1951 3 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Phil Roof 35 R R 6' 2" 190 Mar 5, 1941 14 4 3 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Jim Spencer 29 L L 6' 2" 195 Jul 30, 1946 9 150 135 150 143 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 1 -0.4 $
Bill Stein 29 R R 5' 10" 170 Jan 21, 1947 5 117 98 117 112 0 0 1 58 58 1 0 0 1 1 1 8 0 0.1 $
Pete Varney 27 R R 6' 3" 235 Apr 10, 1949 4 14 11 14 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Pete Vuckovich 23 R R 6' 4" 215 Oct 27, 1952 2 33 7 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Wilbur Wood 34 R L 6' 0" 180 Oct 22, 1941 15 7 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $135,000
Hugh Yancy 25 R R 5' 11" 170 Oct 16, 1950 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary

Bill Stein

Jim Spencer

Jorge Orta

Alan Bannister

Kevin Bell
Pete Varney

Minnie Minoso

Jack Brohamer

Jim Essian

Blue Moon Odom

Cleon Jones
Hugh Yancy

Rich Coggins
Wayne Nordhagen

Brian Downing

Carlos May
Phil Roof

Pat Kelly

Sam Ewing

Nyls Nyman

Bart Johnson

Buddy Bradford
Jerry Hairston

Lamar Johnson

Jesse Jefferson

Dave Hamilton

Ken Kravec

Wilbur Wood

Buddy Bradford
George Enright

Bucky Dent

Ken Brett

Clay Carroll

Jim Otten

Pete Vuckovich

Larry Monroe

Chet Lemon

Chris Knapp

Francisco Barrios

Ralph Garr

Ken Brett

Terry Forster

Rich Gossage

Jack Kucek

1975 / 1977 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers